07-13-2016, 05:02 AM
Another thought on the original point -- I often won't keep commenting after revisions have been made so as not to monopolise dialogue as this can dissuade other people from sharing their opinions on a piece. Sometimes if someone is choosing a poem to critique, especially a new member, they will choose the ones with very little input as opposed to ones where it could feel like they're butting in on a conversation.
And on the other side of the coin, there are poems I don't really want to return to because they have, in fact, failed to hold my interest. There are some poems I will return to over and over again even if no revisions have been made (the poems in the Spotlight, for example) because they were so beautifully written that each time I visit them I come away with something new. I always check though, because sometimes with revisions the poem that was initially pretty ordinary can be lifted to something quite amazing. Some of the poems in the Spotlight have started that way.
And on the other side of the coin, there are poems I don't really want to return to because they have, in fact, failed to hold my interest. There are some poems I will return to over and over again even if no revisions have been made (the poems in the Spotlight, for example) because they were so beautifully written that each time I visit them I come away with something new. I always check though, because sometimes with revisions the poem that was initially pretty ordinary can be lifted to something quite amazing. Some of the poems in the Spotlight have started that way.
It could be worse